Geetika suicide case: Gopal Kanda arrested

Prime accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case ex-Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda has been arrested outside Ashok Vihar police station. Kanda was on the run from police for last 11 days.

NEW DELHI: Prime accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case ex-Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda has been arrested outside Ashok Vihar police station. Kanda was on the run from police for last 11 days.

It was supposed to be a 10 minute wait, but turned into a four hour long drama outside the Ashok Vihar police station in New Delhi. Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who was going to surrender around 12:30 am, according to his brother, did so only a little after 4 am.

Earlier, his anticipatory bail plea in the case was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on the ground that it has not been filed by the person who is apprehending arrest.

Justice PK Bhasin, in his order, said that the accused "appears to be sitting comfortably somewhere without any apprehension of his arrest by the police" and his brother Govind Kumar has filed the anticipatory bail application on his behalf without any proper authorization.

Geetika had mentioned Kanda's name in her suicide note saying that she was ending her life because of unbearable harassment from Kanda. TNN